Director Of Sourcing

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Leggett & Platts inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design manufacture and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability coupled with our global footprint make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive furniture hydraulic cylinders flooring textile and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett & Platt: Hydraulic Cylinders

Precision Hydraulic Cylinders is committed to providing comprehensive design service and support to OEMs during all phases of development testing and production to ensure smooth integration and superior product performance.

As leading providers of a wide variety of hydraulic cylinders we operate within a global marketplace. Offering all our OEM clients a customized solution we pride ourselves on being able to tailor what we do to meet the changing needs of our clients. Whether you need a change in volume or a tighter deadline we will always do our utmost to get the job done to the highest possible standard.

Learn more about Precision Hydraulic Cylinders: Overview

The Director of Sourcing is responsible for leading global sourcing strategy supplier performance and material cost optimization for a hydraulic cylinder manufacturing organization serving diverse markets (mobile equipment industrial agriculture construction oil & gas etc.). This role ensures a stable costeffective supply of critical componentssuch as steel tube and bar machined parts castings forgings seals coatings electronics and hydraulic subassemblieswhile supporting high mix/low volume and customengineered production environments across multiple global sites.

The Director of Sourcing partners closely with Operations Engineering Quality Supply Chain and regional leadership to ensure worldclass supplier performance production continuity and competitive advantage.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing & Commodity Leadership

Develop global sourcing strategies for key hydraulic cylinder commodities including steel tube and bar welded/fabricated components machined parts castings forgings chromeplated rods surface treatments hydraulic seals fittings hoses coatings and packaging.

Conduct global market intelligence on steel pricing alloy availability freight conditions and geopolitical impacts.

Identify costreduction opportunities through value engineering supplier consolidation shouldcost modeling and localization/nearshoring.

Production Continuity & Operations Support

Ensure uninterrupted supply of materials to support highprecision highreliability cylinder production.

Work with planning and operations to mitigate constraints such as longlead materials transport delays and supplier capacity limitations.

Drive resilience strategies including multisourcing safety stock optimization and regional balancing.

Supplier Relationship Management

Build a highperforming globally diversified supply base with strong machining plating welding and sealing capabilities.

Lead supplier reviews scorecards and continuous improvement actions.

Oversee supplier qualification APQP/PPAP and compliance with ISO and customerspecific requirements.

Negotiation & Contracting

Lead global negotiations for steel contracts machined components freight and valueadded services.

Secure competitive pricing supply guarantees capacity reservations and riskmitigation terms.

Ensure contract compliance and alignment with legal and financial requirements.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

Support Engineering on new product development manufacturability and costed BOMs.

Partner with Quality on nonconformances corrective actions and PPM improvements.

Align sourcing performance with regional plant and customer expectations.

Communicate commodity trends (steel index plating costs freight) to leadership.

Global Processes & Data Excellence

Implement global sourcing processes and ERP alignment.

Oversee spend analysis risk assessments cost modeling and forecasting.

Track KPIs including cost savings OTD PPM inventory turns and raw material index trends.

Team Leadership

Build and mentor a global sourcing team.

Establish category ownership performance metrics and development plans.

Foster a culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Engineering Business or related field.

10 years of sourcing/procurement experience in manufacturing.

Strong understanding of hydraulic cylinder components steel supply chains machining coatings and seals.

Experience leading global supplier networks and logistics.

Strong negotiation analytical and leadership skills.

Preferred:

Experience in hydraulic systems or mobile/offhighway equipment.

Knowledge of APQP/PPAP ISO and customer quality requirements.

Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma and cost modeling.

MBA or supply chain certifications.

Key Competencies

Global sourcing strategy

Commodity expertise (steel machining seals coatings)

Supplier quality evaluation

Cost analysis and shouldcost modeling

Risk mitigation

Crossfunctional leadership

Contract management

Datadriven operational excellence

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